Minding Autistic Minds Conference 2025 – Day 1: Adults

Name: Minding Autistic Minds Conference 2025 - Day 1: Adults
SKU: 34386
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Price range: € 39.00 through € 250.00

duration 5 hours | for professionals, educators, Autistic adults, and family members

Minding Autistic Minds 2025 took place on 25-26 April 2025, with over a dozen expert presenters.

This recording documents Day 1 (Adults) – five hours of Autistic presenters on adult Autistic mental health sharing their experiences, research, and solutions. Copies of the original session slide packs are included with your purchase.

Topics include:

Social anxiety
LGBTQIA+ Autistics
Sensory auditing
Monotropism
Identity, empowerment & wellbeing
The importance of online accessibility
Autistic misunderstood sensory systems

Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.

If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.

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Agenda Day 1: Supporting Autistic adults

Opening Address – Eoin Stephens
Eoin outlines the importance of treating Autistic mental needs seriously

Autistic Experiences of Social Anxiety – Eoin Stephens (with slides)
Eoin guides us through an exploration of, and some pathways away from, social anxiety

Let Us Be Monotropic (Adults) – Pete Wharmby
Pete explores monotropism within Autistic experience, and the joys it can bring adults

Exploring the Mental Health of Neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ Folx – Nem Kearns (with slides)
Nem reveals the intersection between LGBTQIA+ and Neurodivergent communities and the
mental health impacts that intersection generates in an unaccepting world

Decompression Session – led by Eoin Stephens

Autistic Identity, Empowerment & Wellbeing – Dean Beadle (with slides)
Dean explores the nature of Autistic identity as a basis for living a good life

The Importance of Online Accessibility – Melissa Murphy (video presentation)
Melissa highlights the need for online access to events for those unable to attend
and the positive impact on mental health that contact can offer

Sensory Auditing – Pete Wharmby
Pete’s workshop provides an introduction to the what, how, and why of doing sensory audits

Our Misunderstood Sensory Systems – Megha Saibu (video presentation)
Megha’s presentation via AAC highlights how impactful sensory differences can be on
maintaining focus, engaging in activities, and above all being respected by others

Q&A panel – Eoin Stephens, Nem Kearns, Pete Wharmby, Stiof MacAmhlghaidh

Did you know that…

… 80% of Autistics struggle with anxiety?
… 60% of Autistics are affected by depression?
… 36% of Autistics meet the criteria for PTSD?

Our community is in crisis. You can be part of the solution.

Together, let’s tackle the mental health crisis faced by Autistic adults and children.

MAM 2025 (Adults) took place on 25 April 2025. This recording is an invaluable document of that day, five hours from some of the most insightful Autistic presenters on Autistic mental health sharing their experiences, research, and solutions. Included in the purchase are the original unedited slide packs from each day so you can follow along, and easily reference cited sources and concepts.

This material is suitable for adult Autistics and anyone working with, related to, or supporting them in the home, in education, the workplace and beyond.

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License type	Individual Use, Group Training